Chemical Engineering Fundamentals

Coulson and Richardson's series provides the student with an account of the fundamentals of chemical engineering, and constitutes a useful reference on the subject for academics and practitioners. It aims to provide clear explanations of theory and thorough coverage of practical applications in each book, supported by numerous worked examples and problems, and this volume was conceived as an introductory text to the series. It has been written in order to address both the changes in the way chemical engineering is now taught around the world, and to provide an entry level treatment suitable for first-year undergraduates in the UK, the USA and internationally. The major subject areas in chemical engineering are dealt with in turn, at a level suitable for the target audience, and the book incorporates worked examples and problems where appropriate. The original volumes (one and two) of the Coulson and Richardson series were written around a series of lectures given by the two at University College London in the late 1950s. Since then, things have moved on; the range of subjects studied has been narrowed and they are taught in less depth and covered more quickly.
The book covers fundamental topics that may not have been addressed at an elementary level in that series. As well as beginning chemical engineers, it is directed at those who seek to apply their science to engineering problems. The book includes a general historical background for many of the chemical engineering activities of today. It goes on to give an account of the basic thermodynamics that is required in a study of chemical engineering. Chapters on fluid flow, heat transfer and separation processes illustrate the contexts in which thermodynamics is used.